The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-22
GENERAL NEWS soTEs,
Items Of Interest Gathered from Various
Quarters.


to be 200 feet long, and to obyiate bc.
trayal OF his secret lie had the apparatus
constructed in different parts of Europe.
Three soldiers at Trapane, Italy, while
performing disinfocting duty, Were assailcd
by mob. One was forced to swallow the
carDolIc acid they were using and died from
The effects, and the other two were killed
because they refused to drink it.
a small filibustering expedition from
hey west and islands in that vicinity has
landed IN CUBA and defeated party of 300
| Spanish soldiers near MatauZas. Another
| Virginius affair may be looked for and
then deal of government buster.
The Chattanooga, Tenn, Times rcnor,s
! that the white, rust-proof iron ore, hitherto
found only in Sweden, has been discovcrsd
10 the mountains near that city. The ore
is said to contain G5 per cent of pure iron
while the bed is six feet thick and of great
| extent.
| The Rio Grandc River is OVERLOOKING lis
banks and inundating large sections of
Texas. The little town of EGinburg thirty
miles above Brownsville, is threatened with
complete destruction. y number of houses
have been moved away to escape the river.
| At town near Chicago, while funeral
procession was on its way TO The cemetery,
picnicking party Of four women and two
men was near the roadside firing at a target.
a bullet from q rifle struck one of the lady
mourners, killing her instantly The target
| shooters were intoxicated.
Intense excitement still prevails in Ire
land over the Mitchelstown affair. La
bouchere and others addressed an indigna-
tion meeting at Cork and Michael Davitt
spoke at Dublin. O'Brien was arrested for
refusing to pledge himself not to go to
England, but was released next day
The murder of Constable Whelan. by
the moonlghtcrs last night in a house near
Ennis, is most fortunate occurrence for
ihe government, coming as it does directly
in the wake of the Mitchelston affair. when
the ministry is at their wits end to give
some reasonable explanation Of the unfor
tunatc atfray.
At Ballypoorcn, Tipperary, Ireland,
Sunday, Il riot occurred in public house,
and the police used their batons freely ON
the rioters. The latter, after a tusslc, com
pcllcd the police to retreat to their barracks.
from which few shots were fired at the
crowd. No one was injured, however
Several rioters were arrested.
Governor Foraker, in his speech at Cald.
well, Ohio, said he had not, rs alleged
compared President Cleveland to a whiDpcd
spaniel. lie had too much respect for a
dog to make such n comparison. The cor
respondent says this remark was chccrcd
ana that atterward there were three cheers
given for Foraker and three for the dog.
Eighteen barrels of new Louisiana mo,
laSscs, the first Of the season, were received
| yesterday at New Orleans from St. John
Baptiste parish, clasSed choice IT was sold
ut 10 cents per gallon. This is the earlics,
receipt OF molasseS ever known. Seven
| hogsheads Of sugar we've made from the
| nrOnncinu ho
| toned.
The statement just prepared at the Gen
| eral land office shows that the uuantity or
| land restored to the public dourain blythe
| aciion OF the interior department under tlv
policy OF President Cleveland is q ,O0O, eco
| acres. This great territory is sufficient 10
furnish 13O, 900 settlers with farms.of (c0
acres each. This is genuine land reform
common sense and honest enforcement
of the doctrine: The peoples land fnr
| the people"
me mincra Of The cOlliercs OF the Mine
raj Railroad Company, the Union Col
Company, tho Excelsior Coal ComDnn,-
inc Enterprise Coal Company and the Gar,
neid Coal Company, at Shamokin, Pa,
nave struck for general advance. IT is
estimated that 10000 men arc out on
s'rlke. The miners are thoroughly organ
lZcd as Knights Of Labor and are DreDnrrd
for long lockout No concessions We're wrrn
offered on either side.
Washington ia the hest shaded city in tLc
Worid. AT present there are G3, 900 shade
treeS In It's streets, most Of them in q
liourishing condition. OF this number %.
800 are soft or white naples, o33 sugar and
Dlack or southern naples, 2.7SG Norway
naples, S64 scarlet or red, 422 svcamorcS
4'o43 ash. lcaved naples, 5121 Americ.u
American elms. EIrOpcan Gins and mixed
Gins, 1t9 sycamorcs, or butte wood, and
European plane trees, &c.
Advices from China arc to the effect that
at most of the scientific stations whence tho
totality of the eclipse Of the sun AUgust
l9Ih could be viewed, the result was very
unsatisfactory, more especially at Shira
kaWa, where the United States cxncLl;on
under the direction of Professor lGdd was
iocatcu. JWcnt,. lninutcs after the cclipsc
DoS1n, che sun was hidden by the clouds
and remained hidden during the total
eclipse. 1t was like dark night, and the
lace OF man standing at n distance of three
or four feet could not be seen.
There has nMt Leon ii sank failure in
Chln3 90 nlne hundred years, according TO |
the London Telegraph. The reason for
this sound tinanciering in the FIowcrv |
contemporary. During the reign Of :nc !
wise Emperor Iii Flung an aGict was issued |
that upon tho failure Of bank the heads |
OF the president, cashier and directors |
should be struck off and piled UP in a corner |
with the other assets. This simple but |
earnest edict has never ECen repealed, and |
the Chinese bank has continued to be above |
both par and r2proaCh.
The Hendricks monument to be set up at
Indianapolis will be thirty two feet hiyh, |
and will cost $25, 600. 1t will be composed |
OF red granite and bronze Three steps
will lead to the first base, on which will be |
seated figure representing history. Rising |
from the first base, which is square. is an !
other base with corners of COLUMNS mounted |
on thp Gaps with hron2c ornamentation. |
and rising from that il another base on |
which bronze statue of Mr.. Hendricks
Will stand. The monument will be erected |
on the Statc-Housc grounds cast of the
Capitol.
Who are the people that leave money on
deposit and fail to cali for it? a little in
formation on this point comes from Con
at. ILL.,